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Boston Marathon Explosions, North Korea, and anything else that can put a pain in your heart: Sometimes it takes a lot to smile. However, we cannot allow anyone to take that smile from us. Therefore we smile either on the outside, or on the inside. Still, through everything we go through in this game we call life, we must look for the smile. I found it this morning.

Never let anything take your happiness, no matter what. Give that up you’ll live in fear and loathing in everything else you do.

Look closely and you can see its head and beak at the top left, followed with a short tail in the top right, and that arch in the middle, well, that’s the wing. I hope everyone is enjoying this lovely Spring weather (cough cough, yeah right) we’re having right now.

I also ask for you to pray for my wife. She just destroyed her ACL and MCL on a Scout trip a week ago and it’s really getting to her. She’s a busy bee, so to have a wing down is really hard. I love her with all my heart, and to see her like this is difficult. But hey, I can cook so she’s getting some “man meals” now LOL.

Enjoy your week everyone. I haven’t been on in a while I know due to job hunting and now my wife’s injuries. It gets me down, but I have faith things will turn around!

In order to truly appreciate this piece, look at the center and then look down. You will notice the immediate shape of a church steeple, followed with a light halo in its background. Let your eyes gaze further down and you can see the hill.

This morning’s pancake photo made me think about the beach and the big waves that come along ever so often. Virginia Beach, Va. can produce some good ones during the summer that are just breathtaking. They’re also nerve wrecking when you see the surfers challenge them. That’s not for me at all, but it’s what I saw this morning. Enjoy!